New Turf Soccer field in Brampton

Toronto Footy Sevens is delighted to announce our league line-up for Spring 2018. We’ll have 7-vs-7 Men’s, Women’s and Co-Ed soccer leagues available at the new 7-a-side fields at Heart Lake Secondary School on Conestoga Drive in Brampton. Our inaugural season launched last September upon completion of the new field and we’ll be expanding to 5 leagues for our first ever spring season.

Only $750 per team

Each league will be be fully refereed, played on purpose-built, properly lined 7-vs-7 fields with divider nets and FIFA quality turf and will cost only $750+tax per team. The leagues last for 9 weeks beginning the first week of May 2018 and games will kick off at 7pm, 8pm or 9pm each week.

Don’t worry if you don’t have full team, we also have space for individuals and small groups of players with individual registration available for all leagues. Spaces are $85.00+tax and include an Umbro Clima-lite jersey.

All you have to do is sign-up, let us know if there is anyone else signing up with you that you want to play with, and we’ll place you and your friends together with other individuals to form a team.

Registration

Whether you are registering a whole team or just as an individual, registration couldn’t be simpler and can be completed online at the Toronto Footy Sevens Website. If you’d like to pay cash, please drop us an email and we can make the appropriate arrangements.

We will also be hosting a live registration at Heart Lake Secondary school in March for youth and adult registration. We’ll post the date on our website nearer to the time.

Kids Programs and Field Rentals

Don’t forget we have a wide range ofkids soccer programs at the Heart Lake Secondary School field as well as times when the field is available for rental for clubs and organisations.

If you have any questions about any of our adult leagues, kids programs or field rentals, e-mail us at admin@footysevens.com.

It seems appropriate that the finish line for the track was pretty much the last part of the project to be completed. After months of construction, the field and track are now complete and have started to be used by the students at Heart Lake Secondary School, our Footy Sevens Soccer Leagues, our Footy For All Kids soccer programs and various rental groups.

The team from Tracktech International had flown in to paint the lanes and lines on the track. We had no idea how much went into that part of the job. It took three days and we’re definitely in good hands: it was the same team that lined the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing!

We’ve been very lucky all round with all of the contractors and experts working on the field, and we are absolutely blown away by the quality of the field, the track, the lighting and the other parts of the field. The initial feedback from players, parents and kids has been fantastic and we are delighted to finally see soccer being played on the field.

What’s coming up on the field?

As we posted yesterday, we had our first Footy For All kids programming on there on Tuesday, and last night our first ever league games kicked off (see the photos below). Late registration is still available for both adults and kids and rental times are also available. And don’t forget our Kicking Cancer’s Butt Charity tournament that’s coming up on Saturday 23rd of September.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the planning, construction and completion of the project in any way, and we look forward to working together with Heart Lake Secondary School and the Peel District School Board at the field for many years to come.

Our Footy For All youth programs are designed to be fun for kids, but also parent friendly too. As parents ourselves, we know that youth sports can sometimes be very demanding on parents and can require a significant financial and time commitment. We’re designing our programs to be as straightforward as possible: once a week at the same venue, competitively priced and with an easy sign-up process.

Starting from the first week of September and running through until late October, we’ll have midweek and weekend programs for boys and girls age 4-11. They’ll be a mixture of skill development and games at the brand new turf soccer field at Heart Lake Secondary School, 296 Conestoga Road, Brampton.

Footy For All youth soccer programs feature the following:

A consistent venue where parents and children know where they will be each week.

Dedicated staff going the extra mile and making sure every participant is involved and having fun.

Top class turf soccer fields to give the best possible surface for kids to learn. No wear and tear as the season goes on. The field remains the same regardless of the weather or time of year.

A simple, hassle-free sign-up process with all the program details laid out before sign-up.

Fast and helpful customer service when you need it.

An inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and boys and girls play together on the field

Emphasis on fun. Whatever level you are at, the emphasis is on sportsmanship and enjoyment over player development

We are so close to being ready to go at the new field! The field itself is completely finished with the turf down, all the various field lines stitched into place and the goals and divider nets etc. all on site and getting assembled.

The last piece of the puzzle will be the final coat on top of the track and then painting the lanes and start and finish lines. Unfortunately we’ve had a couple of delays on this last step due to the weather but if we can get some good luck with the weather, we should be all done within the next week.

If you do happen to pop by to see what the new field looks like, PLEASE DO NOT GO ONTO THE FIELD AS THE TRACK SURFACE MAY NOT BE DRY and walking across it can ruin the surface and necessitate another coat and another delay. Sorry to get a little preachy there everyone, we know people are curious and have been coming by and want to get on the field to see what it is like, and we just want to make sure that everyone knows not to go onto the field until after it is all complete.

If any of you are members of a local club or sports organisation, and would like a chance to try out the field for free before the end of August, contact us at chris@footysevens.com or by calling us on 289-632-1855 and you can book a time to bring your team down for a training session, rearranged game or kick-about free of charge.

Don’t forget we have our 7v7 soccer leagues starting in the first week of September and running through until the end of October. Be one of the first teams to get a chance to play on the newest venue in town. Full details can be found on the Footy Sevens website.

For those of you with kids, don’t forget we have our youth soccer programs starting that week too, with programs for boys and girls age 4-11 that are fun for kids, and easy for adults. We want to take the stress out of kids sports! You can find full details at footyforall.ca

Testing the LED floodlight system at the new field at Heart Lake Secondary School in Brampton

It’s an exciting couple of days for us as we are finally starting to see the turf laid on the new field. It’s getting closer and closer to completion and to the start of our adult leagues and kids programs. After months of the heavy construction of making sure the base underneath the turf is perfect, the giant rolls of turf are finally being rolled out and stitched together to form the field. We have an amazing crew of installers from Fieldturf here to lay the Revolution 360 turf and the care and attention that they put into getting the field just right is incredible.

There are large sections of the field already covered and within a couple of days all of the area inside the inner oval of the track will be turf.

All of the lines that run side to side across the field come already woven into the turf. In the photo below, you can see the centre line of the full size soccer field, flanked by the blue sidelines of 7v7 fields 2 and 3. When we are playing 7v7 with the field divided into 4, the removable divider net will run the length of the centre line, keeping the ball close at hand for all the 7v7 games.

What about the other field lines?

All of the lines which run in the other direction, like the sides of the penalty boxes and the centre circle etc. are cut into the turf after it is laid, so all of the lines are permanently part of the turf right from the start. After that the “infill” is added to the turf surface the sand and rubber mixture gives the turf the familiar feel that is ideal for the soccer, rugby, lacrosse and other sports that will be played there.

If you would like to get on the field, there are a number of way to do so:

Play in the Kicking Cancer’s Butt Charity Tournamentand raise money to fight cancer here in Brampton. We’re hosting our first charity soccer tournament at the field on Saturday, August 26th and all of the team fees will be donated directly to the William Osler Health Service Foundation’s oncology unit.

$200 off of team registration and $35 off individual registrations

From now until the end of July, we’ve taken $200 off the price of all team registrations and $35 off if you register as an individual. This offer applies to all men’s, women’s and coed 7v7 leagues on the Toronto Footy Sevens website. Just go to our website, register for any league, and the discount is automatically applied off of the regular price.

The leagues start at the end of August (August 27th-31st) and with the start of our fall leagues just over a month away, we’re offering a huge saving for those registering before the end of the month. This offer makes the leagues not only the best per game value in Brampton, but in the whole of the GTA!

And who knows, if you follow us on twitter or facebook, there may even be a flash sale today with an extra discount coming up to save you even more. . .

Team Registration

Regular price $875-$925 (+HST), price with discount: $625-$675 (+HST)

Individual Registration

Regular price: $105-$115 (+HST), price with discount: $55-$65 (+HST)

Captains: Reserve your team’s space with a $250 deposit

And don’t forget captains: you don’t have to pay the whole of your team’s fee up front. Team spaces can be reserved with a $250 deposit, rather than captains having to carry the whole team fee on their credit card! The remaining balance can be settled anytime before the league starts.

All of the leagues will be played on our purpose-built 7v7 fields in Brampton. Construction is well underwayon our new home field at Heart Lake Secondary School, 296 Conestoga Drive, Brampton and the leagues will be kicking off in late August. All league games are refereed and are open for team and individual registration.

We’re starting to see noticeable changes on the project each week as the track and turf get closer and closer to completion. The major change over the past few days has been the asphalt being laid in layers between the two curbs which had already been installed. The asphalt forms the basis for the track with the high tech “rubber” layer laid on top of the smooth surface to give the energy return and tactile feel that are the hallmark of modern track surfaces.

The base layer beneath the turf continues to be constructed layer by layer and the drainage system is now in place. The top layers (of the base) are being worked on to get it up to the exacting specifications required before the turf layer gets put into place. It won’t be long until we see the huge rolls of green turf appear on site, ready to be rolled out onto the field like a carpet and stitched together once laid into place.

We’ll be posting regular updates on the construction of the new field and track at Heart Lake Secondary, 296 Conestoga Drive, Brampton on torontofootyblog.com. For details of our upcoming adult 7v7 soccer leagues and field rentals go to toronto.footysevens.com and for kids programs, check us out at our FootyForAll website or contact us at chris@footysevens.com.